assarius, Chaetodon Waite [E. R.] 1905:66, Pl. 11 (fig. 1) [Records of the Australian Museum v. 6 (no. 2); ref. 4562] Between Fremantle and Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia. Holotype (unique): WAM P.13255-001. Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:27 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:30 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Chaetodon assarius Waite 1905 -- (Burgess 1978:682 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:158 [ref. 22764], Allen & Swainston 1988:96 [ref. 25477], Blum 1989:14 [ref. 37553], Gomon et al. 1994:626 [ref. 22532], Allen 1997:148 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:220 [ref. 25488], Hutchins 2001:264 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:36 [ref. 25847], Smith et al. 2003:303 [ref. 27125], Allen et al. 2006:1289 [ref. 29090], Allen & Gomon 2008:608 [ref. 30653], Hoschke et al. 2019:157 [ref. 36626], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:227 [ref. 41223]). Current status: Valid as Chaetodon assarius Waite 1905. Chaetodontidae: Chaetodontinae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean: Western Australia endemic. Habitat: marine.